Introduction
TENVORS is a multinational network of active participants promoting the concept of Lifelong Learning for Sustainable Regional Development. Established in 2001, and now incorporating over 70 leading experts and agencies from 13 countries, TENVORS has become a leading European player and an example of excellence and best practice in its field.

Activities
TENVORS promotes sustainability through learning by means of a wide ranging and effective spectrum of actions. This includes international, national and regional events, workshops, conferences and academies. TENVORS has also developed several tools to aid problem owners and solvers, in particular by supporting the ability to evaluate and benchmark training needs, weaknesses and strengths, on the macro and micro level. By bringing together and mobilising a diversity of stakeholders the network has given added value to previously developed training and capacity building products as well as generating new and innovative learner-based processes and projects.

Web based facilitation
The www.tenvors.org website provides knowledge through a plethora of useful and freely available services from the many experts active in the network. This site has greatly contributed to international discourse on vocational training as well as stimulating supply and demand of best practice solutions in several environmental areas. Some of the high quality and up to date tools and instruments available on the site include:

• A Virtual Market Place of training products and services
• A Regional Analysis Tool to evaluate and benchmark learning processes
• A Training Needs Analysis Tool to assesses company or institutional strengths and weaknesses
• Up to the minute information on several Funding Programmes in relation to Sustainability
• A wide ranging database of upcoming events across Europe and beyond
• Many detailed examples of best practice, success stories, articles etc.

A Resource and an Opportunity
From a moderate base, TENVORS has grown rapidly and continues to expand, offering free membership to like-minded individuals and institutions who feel they can contribute and benefit from its unique and innovative activities. Click on www.tenvors.org to learn more.

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TENVORS brings together innovative training products,
best practice and expertise from all over Europe.

It is a networking forum for promotion of international
cooperation on training in sustainabilty issues.

Which makes it fertile ground for new project ideas.